Finalists in the Design Competition

Step into the Future – Experience the Museum of Tomorrow!

The Architecture & Design Museum is on a journey towards a new future. In 2030, the museum will relocate to Makasiiniranta, a vibrant seaside area near Helsinki’s Market Square. A new museum building will rise on the historic harbourfront – an open, inviting, human-scaled space designed for seeing, engaging, and experimenting.

An international design competition was held for the new museum building, with 624 proposals accepted. From these, the jury selected five finalists. The competition culminated in the announcement of the results on September 11, 2025.

The winner of the competition was JKMM Architects, a Finnish architectural practice renowned for its museum architecture, with their proposal “Kumma.” The two-stage competition was anonymous, meaning the authors of the proposals were not known until after the winner had been chosen.

This exhibition offers a glimpse into the museum of the future. It presents the winning design and the four other finalists, while exploring the competition’s many stages and the remarkable diversity of ideas submitted.